Biography:
Matthew Joseph West (born April 25, 1977 in Downers Grove, Illinois) is a Christian singer who was raised in a suburb of Chicago, IL., where he discovered music at an early age. The son of a minister, he grew up in the front pew listening to his mom harmonize and following her lead. By the time he reached high school, Matthew remained involved in music and received a scholarship to study music at Millikin University in Illinois.
It was during his first year of college, that Matthew began playing guitar and writing songs.
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Other songs:
- Strong Enough
- The Motions
- Hello, My Name Is
- A Christmas To Believe In
- A Few More Days
- A Friend In The World
- All In
- All The Broken Pieces
- Becoming Me
- Blessed Assurance My King Is Coming
- Broken Girl
- Broken Things
- Come On Christmas
- Day After Christmas
- Day One
- Do Something
- Dream Again
- Every Second
- Every Tear
- Family Tree
- Forgiveness
- Give This Christmas Away
- Good Adam Eve
- Grace Wins
- Heaven Is The Hope
- Hello My Name Is
- History
- Hold You Up
- I Cant Hear You
- Jesus And You
- Join The Angels
- Leaving Heaven
- Life Inside You
- Mended
- Mercy Is A Song
- More
- Moved By Mercy
- My Own Little World
- Next Thing You Know
- Oh Me Of Little Faith
- One Last Christmas
- One Step Away
- Only Grace
- Out Of My Hands
- Safe And Sound
- Save A Place For Me
- Something To Say
- Stop The World
- Story Of Your Life
- Survivors
- The Beautiful Things We Miss
- The Center
- The Day Before You
- The Healing Has Begun
- The Heart Of Christmas
- The Power Of A Prayer
- The Reason For The World
- To Me
- Tryin
- Two Houses
- Unchangeable
- Unto Us
- Untold
- When I Say I Do
- Wonderfully Made
- World Changers
- Wouldnt Change A Thing
- You Are Everything
- You Know Where To Find Me
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Give This Christmas Away
Matthew West, Amy Grant
Submitted by Mike Hockett
Eb 668886
Ab 466544
[Intro]
C F C F
[Verse]
C F
What if I told you
C
You have the power
F
To give someone hope
C
Beyond their wildest dreams
F
What if I told you
Dm
It’s right there in your hands
F
In your hands
C F
It’s hard to imagine
C
How something so small
F
Can make all the difference
C
Take down the tallest wall
F
What if December
Dm
Looked different this year
F
What if we all just
[Chorus]
C F
Give this Christmas away
Am
If there’s love in your heart
F
Don’t let it stay there
C F
Give this Christmas away
Am
And your life will be changed
G
By the gifts you receive
Dm F C F C F
When you give this Christmas away
Eb Ab
It’s feeding the hungry
Eb
Serving the poor
Ab
It’s telling the orphan
Eb
You’re not forgotten anymore
Ab
It’s doing what love does
Even when no one’s watching you
(Chorus)
[Bridge]
F C G
For God so loved the world
F C G
That He gave His only Son
F C
So we could be
G/B C F
His hands, His feet, His love
F
His love
[Verse]
C F
What if I told you
C
You have the power
F
To give someone hope
C
Far beyond their wildest dreams
F
What if December
Dm
Looked different this year
Yah what if we all just
(Chorus), then
F Dm F
Give this Christmas away
C
You have the power
F C
Just give it away
F C
Give it away
F C
Give it away
F C
This Christmas Give it away
F C
Give Christmas away
C
Give it away
Matthew West, Amy Grant
Submitted by Mike Hockett
Eb 668886
Ab 466544
[Intro]
C F C F
[Verse]
C F
What if I told you
C
You have the power
F
To give someone hope
C
Beyond their wildest dreams
F
What if I told you
Dm
It’s right there in your hands
F
In your hands
C F
It’s hard to imagine
C
How something so small
F
Can make all the difference
C
Take down the tallest wall
F
What if December
Dm
Looked different this year
F
What if we all just
[Chorus]
C F
Give this Christmas away
Am
If there’s love in your heart
F
Don’t let it stay there
C F
Give this Christmas away
Am
And your life will be changed
G
By the gifts you receive
Dm F C F C F
When you give this Christmas away
Eb Ab
It’s feeding the hungry
Eb
Serving the poor
Ab
It’s telling the orphan
Eb
You’re not forgotten anymore
Ab
It’s doing what love does
Even when no one’s watching you
(Chorus)
[Bridge]
F C G
For God so loved the world
F C G
That He gave His only Son
F C
So we could be
G/B C F
His hands, His feet, His love
F
His love
[Verse]
C F
What if I told you
C
You have the power
F
To give someone hope
C
Far beyond their wildest dreams
F
What if December
Dm
Looked different this year
Yah what if we all just
(Chorus), then
F Dm F
Give this Christmas away
C
You have the power
F C
Just give it away
F C
Give it away
F C
Give it away
F C
This Christmas Give it away
F C
Give Christmas away
C
Give it away
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